Kanji N3

共: together, both, neither

共 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning together, both, neither, written with 6 strokes. It is read キョウ (on) and とも, ともに (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 4. You will see it in 共同 (きょうどう, cooperation) and 共通 (きょうつう, common).

共

Meanings

  • together
  • both
  • neither
  • all
  • and
  • alike
  • with
Strokes6
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 4
Frequency#174 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • キョウ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • とも
  • ともに
  • -ども

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 共

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 共同きょうどう

    cooperation; collaboration; association

    JLPT N3
  • 共通きょうつう

    common; shared; mutual

    JLPT N3
  • 共にともに

    together; jointly

    JLPT N3
  • 公共こうきょう

    public (facilities, service, etc.); communal

    JLPT N2
  • 共和きょうわ

    republicanism

    JLPT N1
  • 共産きょうさん

    communism

    JLPT N1
  • 共存きょうそん

    coexistence

    JLPT N1
  • 共感きょうかん

    sympathy; empathy; response

    JLPT N1

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.